Celebrating 20 years of Altus Group!
Recognizing two decades of innovation, transformation, and leadership shaping commercial real estate.
Since 2005, Altus Group has been at the forefront of modernizing the commercial real estate industry. Our services and solutions have enhanced transparency across the CRE asset class, while our professionals and technologists continue to play a critical role in helping industry leaders make informed, strategic investment decisions.
What began as a Canadian-focused CRE professional services firm has become a global leader in CRE intelligence, trusted by the some of the world’s largest industry players. As the industry has progressed, we have grown alongside it, expanding our capabilities, investing in technology, and prioritizing data and analytics, which are the core of our business today. By integrating cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise, Altus has engineered a trusted enterprise powered by top talent.
As we celebrate 20 years on the TSX, we’re not just recognizing a milestone, we’re acknowledging two decades of innovation, transformation, and leadership that’s on track to shape the future of the industry.
On 20 years of Altus
Hear from Camilla Bartosiewicz, Altus Group’s Chief Communications Officer, talk about what the 20th Anniversary means to her.
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Take a look back with us at Altus Group’s evolution over the past 20 years.
2005
Altus Group makes its debut as a public company
Best-in-class, Canadian-focused professional services peer firms joined forces to establish the company and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
2007-2010
Expands capabilities with business acquisitions in the UK, Australia, and the US
Altus builds out and expands its core practices internationally, enhancing advisory services by consolidating a fragmented CRE advisory market. Notable acquisitions included: Page Kirkland in Australia (which expanded development advisory services) and PWC’s US CRE valuation advisory practice in the US (solidifying its leadership in valuations).
2011
Adds CRE valuation technology with acquisition of ARGUS Software
With this milestone transaction – Altus’ largest acquisition as the time – Altus begins its strategic pivot to serve the industry with technology, complementing CRE valuation advisory services with market-leading valuation software. Altus begins to reinvent itself as a tech company with this acquisition.
2012
Corporate giving program, Altus Cares, is formed
Altus Cares, the company’s philanthropic program, launches with strong employee engagement to give back to the communities in which we lived and worked. What began as a grassroots efforts grew into a program that’s now core to our corporate culture.
2014-2019
Bolsters tech stack with complementary software and data acquisitions
Altus focuses on acquiring tech-enabled services and bolsters tech stack for global asset and investment management. Notable acquisitions included RealNet, EstateMaster and Taliance.
2015
First ARGUS Connect event takes place
Bringing together ARGUS Software users from across the globe, the first ARGUS Connect customer conference takes place in California. This conference is later rebranded in 2022 to Altus Connect.
2018
First company sustainability report published
Altus publishes its first sustainability report to highlight the company’s sustainability initiatives.
2019
ARGUS Cloud transition begins
Launches next generation of ARGUS on the cloud to create a connected ecosystem for the CRE industry. Bolsters Altus Group's ability to aggregate data and provide innovative analytics capabilities to the industry.
2021
Expands debt software capabilities with Finance Active in France
Broadens scope in France by acquiring Finance Active, accelerating its expansion and speed-to-market in the debt asset class.
2021
Adds AI and machine learning technology and US data capabilities through StratoDem Analytics and Reonomy acquisitions
Expands CRE data capabilities and accelerates Altus' innovation and data strategy to solve key CRE challenges with real-time data-driven insights and predictive analytics capabilities. Reonomy’s platform was foundational to our data strategy, enabling us to connect CRE assets to an Altus ID and connect ARGUS models at scale.
2022
Altus opens new Global Service Center in Hyderabad
With the growing demand for global solutions, Altus opens its doors to its new Global Service Center in Hyderabad, India, with more than 100 employees at launch.
2023
Bolsters global valuation offer in APAC
Adds Forbury, a valuation software with cloud-based solutions tailored for the APAC market to help users make informed decisions on when best to refinance, refurbish, reposition or divest their CRE assets.
2024
ARGUS Intelligence launches
An innovative and modernized software solution that leverages Altus’ data management architecture and ARGUS Enterprise to deliver powerful performance analytics.
2024
ARGUS University Challenge celebrates more than 15 years training the next gen
Teams of aspiring real estate professionals from leading universities across the world compete for scholarship awards leveraging the powerful analytics of ARGUS Enterprise to solve hypothetical real estate cases. This challenge complements Altus’ deep roots with 200+ academic institutions worldwide who teach the ARGUS valuation methodology to the next gen of industry talent.
2024-2025
Sells Property Tax, accelerating business transformation to pure-play tech
Altus sells its legacy Property Tax business to double-down on its vision to become the essential intelligence platform for CRE performance.
2025
Celebrates 20 years shaping commercial real estate
Helping clients power performance and mitigate risk by connecting data, analytics, applications and expertise.